Lloris

[only1waddle]

Lloris was bought as a upgrade on Brad, happens all the time to outfield players, if you have to "Bed in" a national goalkeeper then that in all honesty is ****ing mental.. what pisses me off more is that he has dropped Dawson who does not fit his system, but does not play a keeper that fits his system.. that is not logical..

 

[am_yisrael_chai]

Grandpa Brad? Really? Sick of losing points because of HIS fucking mistakes? Ok.

Thankfully you are in a minority of 2 on this subject, unfortunately the only person who agrees with you happens to pick the team.

 

[am_yisrael_chai]

It was a great ball in, right under the bar with a man jostling him, Lloris would not have done any better in that scenario. You could argue a foul for a push too, either way Gallas was sleeping and Watson got goalside. More blame on him than Friedel for the goal. Walker was also all over the place for it as it happens.

I've watched this over and over and I still don't understand what he was trying to do, he was under pressure which just made it even more obvious to tip the ball up and over rather than try and punch it out and fail as he did.

Friedel is a poor goalkeeper who is costing us points. If we didn't have Lloris I'd be calling for Cudicini but when we have one of Europe's best goalkeepers at the club not playing him in favour of this geriatric is simply unacceptable. I was supportive of bringing AVB but if he picks Friedel against Citeh he'll lose me as he will prove to have unbelievably poor decision making.

 

[KitKat]

Brads had his time get Lloris in NOW, otherwise wtf was the point in signing him?

 

[AngerManagement]

Lloris was bought as a upgrade on Brad, happens all the time to outfield players, if you have to "Bed in" a national goalkeeper then that in all honesty is ****ing mental.. what pisses me off more is that he has dropped Dawson who does not fit his system, but does not play a keeper that fits his system.. that is not logical..

Yea but Dawson was not really a first teamer as such in the first place, Friedel was very much the established number one and on the surface appears to be playing well (in as far as he makes eye catching saves most matches and appears to keep us in games even though other aspects of his game like his movement and closing down and most recently his flap back into play instead of over his own bar have cost us goals but these errors go over looked and only the defender with any fault seems to get analysed)

 

[PlayerX]

I have to admit when I found out the team and saw Brad still in goal I was pretty deflated on arrival at WHL, not because Brad is a poor keeper (which he isn't) but because I wanted to see us install a top class player in Lloris.

I felt that the majority of the time the ball came to Brad, whether that be a goal kick or a pass back, he was taking far too long to make a decision on what to do with it. This was really slowing us down and setting a poor tempo to our play. Lloris on the other hand is renown for quick and effective distribution (starting attacks) and maybe that sense of urgency would have encouraged the rest of the team/fans to get going.

No offence to Brad, but it is time to play Lloris (and has been since the Villa game).

 

[knowlespurs]

has to play otherwise whats the point, we may as well have bought him next season if at all, just pissing off a national captain with a keeper who is older and not as good

 

[cwhite02]

I think most of us agree Lloris should be playing in goal but Brad wasnt the issue why we lost on Saturday, that's pretty clear to anyone who watched the game.

 

[Mr Pink]

well fuck a duck - the same old chestnut singing Brad's praises

 

[CphCOYS]

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[CJMurray]

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How the fuck does Friedel have better kicking than Lloris?

 

[$hoguN]

How the fuck does Friedel have better kicking than Lloris?

Distance maybe? It certainly can't be anything to do with actually finding players as his distribution is dire.

 

[TaoistMonkey]

How the fuck does Friedel have better kicking than Lloris?

He's less of a DIV too.

 

[cozzo]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/former-france-keeper-gregory-coupet-1429563

I am starting to agree with the noise coming from France. If he doesn't play tomorrow or against Arsenal then I will actually support him if he wants to move in January.

 

[cozzo]

and also stumbled on this

French press say Hugo Lloris is considering leaving Tottenham in January

The French press have been absolutely dying to run a story this severe regarding Hugo Lloris and Tottenham Hotspur and today they've finally got their way. L'Equipe, a grand old lady of European sport newspapers, is very respected by journalists throughout the sporting world and today says that Hugo Lloris is and should be considering an exit from the club as early as January.

It's already made it's way to football journalists using twitter and France based football writer and broadcaster Matt Spiro said this morning 'Hugo Lloris will consider leaving Tottenham in January if situation does not change before the Arsenal game on Nov 17, say L'Equipe today. Lloris asked to speak to AVB after being left out against Chelsea, received no new explanation regarding coach's stance, explains L'Equipe.'

European football writer Ben Lyttleton said 'L'Equipe moaning at #Lloris treatment by #THFC. Headline: 'This is not going to calm down...' Coupet: 'I would leave. It's untenable'.'

Coupet is not the first former France international goalkeeper to come out and speak strongly about Lloris and his situation with Tottenham Hotspur. Fabien Barthez told Le Figaro in September:

"Nothing surprises me in the football world! He (Lloris) is one of the five best goalkeepers in the world. He is faster than Friedel, he jumps higher and he is very strong mentally."

"What is happening now is incomprehensible, but I'm not at all concerned. He will become the centerpiece of the club. Hugo is a calm guy, a good worker. Tottenham will not let him stay on the bench for a long time."

That annoyed Brad Friedel more than it probably should have done and the American goalkeeper took to Twitter and said 'Just saw Barthez comments. I normally don't comment on such crap but when disrespected by someone I don't respect I must. Barthez was ignorant, disrespectful and out of order to mention my name.'

It was a huge overreaction from Friedel but then the whole Lloris saga has been full of those. Any time the player speaks he insists he's calm and patient with the situation but the stories in France are so frequent and definite that him saying one thing publicly and another privately must be a distinct possibility.

Former France international Jean-Michel Larqué is now a media personality and Football Anglais have taken quotes from an RMC interview he did last night in which Villas Boas was the target "I feel that Villas-Boas has problems with communication. Deschamps has the right to speak on this subject. Villas-Boas and Deschamps were not quite on the same level. Who is Villas-Boas?"

It's all getting a bit silly and if the stories aren't being encouraged by Hugo Lloris and his camp then he needs to use the international break to set the French press straight on what the situation is, and publicly ask them to stop printing such stories. On the other hand, given that the respectable L'Equipe are now pushing his unhappiness, it could be that the French goalkeeper is considering leaving and if that's the case Tottenham may have to take the situation seriously.

Would they really want a character who fills his home press with stories of his plight and is happy for a circus to built around his club in his name? There are other goalkeeping options out there and if (and of course it's a big IF) Lloris is behind much of this then a quick parting of the ways could be a solution.

The obvious option for Lloris would be PSG who currently have Italian Salvatore Sirigu as their number one.​

 

[Babylon22]

Avb will destroy lloris.

 

[liam17oi]

France captain and number 1; one of the best keepers in the world. A signing, and lets have it right, that was a right coup for Tottenham is being left on the bench for Friedel - a 41 year old that is costing us more than he's saving us points wise. Any other bloody team would have installed Lloris as number 1 by now.

Friedel *is* costing us and only fools can't see that.

Play Lloris who fits in the system rather than a 41 year old who doesn't.

 

[Misfit]

This is fucking crazy. This single issue alone is causing me deep deep concerns about AVB. In not wanting to repeat certain mistakes he made at the chavs, he's in danger of dropping an even bigger bollock. I hope it isn't too late but if Lloris has lost trust in AVB then it is too late.

JTFC.

A huge major coup, which we managed to pull off thanks to a once in a decade aligning of the footballing planets and it might have been all for nought.

GOD. ALMIGHTY.

 

[mabizela]

I can see him leaving in January. I can't understand why a class goalkeeper is sat on the bench. It's been years since we had a solid keeper in the squad yet he's sat on the bench.

 

[Graysonti]

Brads had his time get Lloris in NOW, otherwise wtf was the point in signing him?

This. Love Brad and deserves a contract to be our number 2